Chapter 16: The Drunken Emperor

  "How can this be good? Don't let this news leak out. Otherwise..."

  Nezha shivered slightly, thought for a moment, and his hands quickly transformed into flowers, striking out a series of hand seals that sealed off the entire mansion, preventing any information from leaking out. Still not at ease, he raised the Chaos Heavenly Rope in his hand and spun it in mid-air before finally exhaling a mouthful of turbid air.

  Actually, Nezha didn't know that Zhang Youren was just a mortal on earth who bore the name of the Jade Emperor, and was only one of the Jade Emperor's soul orders. Due to being ambushed, his cultivation was completely lost, and now his immortal body had all dissipated, becoming an ordinary mortal flesh.

  If it were in the past, not to mention a few cups of fine wine, even if all the wine stored in the Taiyi Temple was moved out, it would not be enough to make the majestic Heavenly Emperor drunk. Unfortunately, with Zhang Youren's mortal physical strength, how could he withstand the power of this divine wine?

  Not to mention Nezha didn't notice this matter, even Zhang Youren himself hadn't considered these things.

  A sip of the divine wine went down his throat, and Zhang Youren felt the surging divine energy pouring into his body. If he were an ordinary mortal, he might have been able to ascend to immortality on the spot, breaking through several realms and becoming a superior being. But Zhang Youren's current body was a flawed immortal one, and all the divine energy that entered his body circulated once before disappearing without a trace through his five senses and seven orifices.

  However, although the spiritual power disappeared, the wine's effect was stored in his body.

  The strong liquor that can make Nezha cheer can be imagined, and when it hits Zhang Youren's soul, which is not much stronger than that of ordinary people, it will have a great impact.

  It was just like that, Zhang Youren would start to get dizzy and talk nonsense after drinking a cup of wine.

  Wine can make people bold, but rice can fill a hungry stomach!

  Zhang Youren may not be considered a coward, but since he took over Tian Ting, he is absolutely not a real hero.

  After crossing over, he was cautious and fearful of being discovered as a transmigrated soul. After receiving the reminder from the Yu Emperor's residual soul in the Huatian Mirror, he became even more nervous and afraid that someone would discover that he was no longer in his original body of Wulei Xianti. Therefore, he urgently wanted to establish his foundation as an immortal. However, things did not go as he wished, and his search for rare treasures ended in vain, leaving him with a bleak future and making him even more disheartened.

  In this way, he gets drunk faster, and after a few cups, he loses his ability to think independently.

  After drinking, Zhang Youren regained a bit of his composure and let out a belch. With a red face, he stood up and walked towards Nezha. Under his puzzled gaze, he patted him on the shoulder and said in a slightly mysterious tone:

  "Nezha, do you know who I am?"

  "Your Majesty is acting very strangely today." Nezha muttered to himself, but his mouth didn't stop moving.

  Taking over Zhang Youren's topic, he replied naturally: "The... the Great Emperor is the supreme deity of the three realms, the thought-provoking myriad clans, the Supreme Ruler of the Golden Heavenly Gate, the Supreme Emperor."

  "The greatest of all gods, benevolent to all nations."

  Zhang Youren's mouth corners revealed a faint smile, that smile grew bigger and more reckless.

  "Hahaha... What a supreme being among all gods! What an honored one in the three realms!"

  "But," Zhang Youren's voice paused, his tone becoming stern, "but I'm just an ordinary person, I don't want to be the number one in the three realms, nor do I want to be the Jade Emperor, I just want to live a clear and simple life, live! Do you understand?"

  "Long live!"

  A basic principle of human survival, the most fundamental desire that an ordinary person should have guaranteed. Here, for Zhang Youren, it has become a difficult goal to achieve.

  "Long live!"

  Facing the current situation of Tian Ting, for a soul who crossed over from Earth, this is an extremely heavy word!

  Zhang Youren's mood at this time was like a noisy crowd, falling into a brief silence.

  "Your Majesty... elder brother."

  Nezha didn't know how to respond.

  Consolation?

  As the supreme of the three realms, Zhang Youren doesn't need it.

  Encourage?

  As Nezha, facing Zhang Yiren, he didn't dare.

  In this way, the two people fell into an awkward silence, hearing each other's heavy breathing, accompanied by a faint scent of orchids and jade spreading in the air.

  After venting his emotions, Zhang Youren felt a bit better in his heart.

  A gentle breeze blew by, and the slightly damp chill made Zhang Youren shiver.

  "I'm gone, this damn thing is drunk."

  He shook his head, trying to control himself, afraid that he would lose his composure and say something he shouldn't or do something he shouldn't. But the celestial wine was not like ordinary liquor, its intoxicating effect was not something that could be recovered from in a short while, and no matter how hard he tried to dissipate the effects of the alcohol, he couldn't find a way.

  "Right, in some immortal heroes, cultivators often operate the method of Gong Fa, as long as they guide with spiritual power, they can force out the wine intention."

  Zhang Youren couldn't care about so much at this moment, he was frantically seeking medical treatment, completely disregarding the fact that he didn't have even half a bit of skill, and suddenly began to recite the Jade Emperor Scripture, hoping to force out the wine's influence that was disturbing his mind.

  Who would have thought that this would lead to a big problem?

  The wine's effect did not retreat in the slightest; this rotation of his technique actually made his already battered and bruised body have a slight response.

  "What's going on?"

  Under this stimulation, Zhang Youren's intoxication gradually dissipated.

  "Could it be that after searching everywhere in vain, the rare and extraordinary treasure related to the physical body is actually on Nezha's body?"

  Zhang Youren concentrated his mind and carefully sensed.

  "That's right! That's exactly how it feels!"

  He smelled the faint fragrance in the air, feeling a slight resurgence of his immortal body, and the wine's effects were dissipating, making his mind clearer. More importantly, since Zhang Youren crossed over, he saw other immortals in this realm filled with spiritual energy, their bodies light as feathers, floating effortlessly, while he himself struggled to move, like carrying a massive mountain on his back, extremely exhausted. He also knew that this was the negative impact of the Jade Emperor's death and the decline of his mortal body. Because of the reminder from the Huantian Mirror, he didn't dare to tell anyone, bottling it up inside, feeling extremely uncomfortable. But just now, when that fragrance wafted by, this immortal body that made him feel a bit wary suddenly had a light and agile sensation.

  Delight!

  Inexpressible joy!

  This is perhaps fate, belonging only to Zhang Youren himself!

  Zhang Youren's eyes lit up and he stared intently at Nezha, sizing him up from head to toe.

  "Nezha, what treasure do you have on your body?"

  "Treasures? None at all. Apart from the Qian Kun Circle, Hun Tian Quilt and Huo Jian Gun as well as the Feng Huo Lun, I don't have any other treasures."

  Nezha was almost unable to keep up with Zhang Youren's train of thought, how in the previous sentence he was still clamoring for life, and in a daze, he began to ask about the treasure. If Nezha hadn't known that the Heavenly Court's treasury had a rich collection, he would have suspected that the Jade Emperor wanted to forcibly seize his own unique treasures.

  "Isn't there treasure?"

  Zhang Youren lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly. He sniffed his nose.

  "Hmm, lotus fragrance..."